STOP PRESS TELEGRAMS.
THE BATTLE IN THE WEST.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1917.
After the Fighting.
London, October 2.
·Field Markhal-Sir Douglas Hsig reports that there is only reciprocal artillery firing to record.
Good Aerial Work
London, October 2. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-We twice attacked Dontrobe semndrome on Monday. Several bombs burst on shoda. We also bombed Carniores aerodrome. near Cambesi, and -twice attacked a Germin long-range:gan. We brought down firamaah. inse and drove down three. Two of ours are missing. Our saroplanes during September dropped 125 tons of bombs.
German Anxiety.
London, October 3.
Beuter's correspondent at the French Handanarters says that the Germans are most sexions regarding the Leitastion at Bois le Ohsume on the right bank of the Mause, and have ordered the 'dominsting points of the wood to be recaptured at all costs, se their present positions without the Oroix de la Vaux, which is a height on the eastern margin of the wood in French hands, are waenable. Hence there was a determined counter-attack on the 2nd instant, which failed with heavy losses.
NEW INTER-ALLY CONFERENCE.
London; October 2. Bear is informed that an inter-Ally conference to deal with the trtment of enemy goods in occupied territory will meet at
THE GERMAN RAIDS...
Loudon, October 2.
A German official wireless mesange states :-Our-swiators lant
re-attacked London, Sheerness, Ramsgate and Dover,
SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.
London, October 2..
At the South African Congrese, resolutions thanking General Smuts for his services and hoping for a safe-return, also on the question of providing land, settlement for returned soldiers, were passed unanimously,
The Cape Branch of the South African Party presented to General Botha's enlogistic address, emphasising that he had the support of a large majority of the people in the Cape Frovince.
PEACE PROSPECTS.
The Pope's Latest Move,
London, October 2. According to Reater'a orrespondent at Bome, the Giornal Italia usys the Pope has imned a Note to the Entente Powers intim. ating his reason for the belief that the Central Pomers' replies to hin Peace Note may be regarded as an intimation of Germany's readiness to evacuate Belgium and Northern France. He asks if he shall request Germany to state her precise conditions,
NEW ADVANCE IN EAST AFRICA.
London, October 2
An East African oficial message says:We are steadily progressing to the south-west of Lindi and have repaleed strong German desachment consisting of fifteen Europeans, 160 native troops and several hundred carriers surrender ad to the south-east of Koados Irangi.
counter-attacks.
AN ITALIAN SUCCESS.
London, October 3,
Reuter's correspondent, at Udine says the Italians on the extreme and of the Baingiass Plateau, between Podlaks and Madorio, made a small bus significant advance, ospturing a valuable bill 2,500 feet high, after a heroic straggle, which changed hands frequently during the recent fighting.
UNREGISTERED
NEWSPAPER.
A Chinese Printer Convicted.
AQUATICS.
More Events at the V.R.C..
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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BIG GERMAN ATTACK IN FLANDERS.
London, October 2. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: "The enemy Isunched a powerful attack on a mile front northward of the Ypres Menin Bood and cantward of Polygon Wood The infantry advancing in three waves was driven back in disorder and with heavy casualties. We followed them up. and made a few prisoners. The enemy twice strongly renew- ed the attack and during the next three hours there was heavy fighting, but the enemy was repulsed everywhere except opposite the south-east corner of Palygon Wood, where ho occupied two advanced posts. We made prisoners during September of 5,290, including 146 officers, and took eleven guna, including three heavy guns, 57 trench mortars and 877 machine guns.
The visibility improved on Sunday when there was much artillery and photograph work Bombing continued without respite day and night. even tons of bombs were dropped on the aerodrome of Controde and on billets and communi-2”. cations in the battle ares and a dump and beadquarters near Cambrai The enemy carried out many bombing, raids at night-time, but with little damage of military importance. The photographs of the results of the bombing at Controde aerodrome show that the shed was hit, while of throe large machines landed in a field three miles south of the aerodrome two were clearly damaged. A large shed secom- modating Gothss was reported to be set on fire last night. Four German machines were brought down and eight were driven down. Five of ours are, missing,
AMERICA'S SECOND LIBERTY LOAN.
Washington, October 2.
A great campaign in connection with the second Liberty. Loan began at noon and lasts for a month. It is planned to raise at least three billion dollars, while the Treasury expect that the over subscriptions will swell to five million. It is the largest amount the people, have ever been asked to absorb. Mr. McAdoo is touring the country making ' spcechas and enlisting clubs, commercial organisations, schools and societies. The campaign was ushered in at many cities by bell ringing and whistling from factorica.
THE MESOPOTAMIA VICTORY,
London, October 2.
HM the King has sent the following message to #General Mande: I send my best congratulations to you and all the troops concerned in the capture of the Turkish forces at Ramadie. I fully appreciate the skill of the leadership as well as the spirit and gallantry of all ranks, which enabled them to overcome the difficulties of country and climate and the resistance of a stubborn enemy.
CANADIAN MUNITIONS
EXPLOSION.
Huge Powder Plugt Blasted Into Dust.
“OUR' DAY.”
Lady May Rose Fand Subscriptions A already
acknowledged Mrs. Dorothy Digby
Montreal, Aug. 18—The huge explosives plans of Curtiss and Harrey, at Dragon, a few miles from here, engaged in making munitions for the Allies, was PORTUGUESE blown to atoms this morning by
a series of explosions which obliterated the village, set on firs buildings and haystacks fat milea
FOREIGN FIRMS,
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In other cases the combinations
"mBan the most!
strank Don
nes. One man calls himself “Love, womb, Mongol
SHARE QUOTATIONS.
Sama Ridiculous Chlassé Names.
und scholar”-what on earth-doer Barks --Much fun has been indulged in menny Andther bad adopted the ladon (Def.1 at the expense of those Chinese firm name of "We are a bundred-Sagara
and this is not-Lungkute
Waterbosta
MOTOR FATALITY.
37.10.
$13
A Charge of Manslaughter. A Chinese chauffeur in the
who put up signs in English for presidenta the behalf of those who know no from any of the small American Wharves Chice Though their native vs. Another is quite unoon- Kowloon Donks names are always consible, modus of the humour displayed 'S'kai Dorks ha socsetimen postics, and nevarerude, by its hong name of " Ah, honey, West Points their descriptions of business intelligent, receive," Ode says Ewou the English language, riti" Water of the seas that make Kang Yikug ladicross in the extreme. Bats' "whilst we have further, Daily Farm b such errors are excusable, when We love ostemony, Fly away" Green Inlanda we remember that the sign-writers } (this is not a garage company) Electrion and shop-owners have never beenThoughts nourished by sand, ontaide their native land and we worship ears" and a "kind- have had no opportunities of red one calls itself "One hundred acquiring English among English-TS!" One of the least compli speaking peoples. It is a wonder that they have picked up so much, mentary is "We are universally * bat mince it is self-in- stepid," and that they bare acquired euch ficted, we do not complain. "Mre useful sorape, and ende, at all. Helmet and peace"-this is not Chinese who have emigrated and others who bad local training. Muttering nourishment: Our employ of the Exile Garage Com- a lady: Eagle winnowing:" display a remarkable aptitude for
Toots are virtas and plame:"pany, was charged before Mr. I. mastering other languages than
"We yawn together.” An instin»|B. Wood, at the Police Court this their own, and they use them with tion which should have known afternoon, with the manslaughter great facility and accuracy.
better called itself "Laughing of an eight-year-old boy, who What of foreigners in Shang Baddhe," and still another calle was knocked down at West Point, hai? They have an advantage itself "The old laughing one," on Saturday and killed almost over Chinees who have never been outside the confines of their presumably at the profits it instantaneously
makes The old servant,
Dr. Macfarlane stated that he own lead, inasmuch as they hear eathmer:" "The clothes boss examined deceseed. The left leg the Chinese language spoken
is at the door : The was broken and the base of the daily, and have every chance of
*Handsome skull fractured. The wheel of a Kroiding similar pitfalls to those great stag: '
in due time-not a hairdressers: motor car passing over “the lag into which Chinese stumble who we benefit Chias"this is could break it, but he could not have never been in Engisad or Americs. How few foreigners good news for the staff sold is say if a wheel had caused the soap. Then wo have “Heavenly fracture. "Dasth was due to ico- here know Chinese, and yet many hora," **Horse and the Sea,” tarn of the skull, "S indulge in sneer at Chinese wao Horse teaches here," "Hores 10 Sergeant Moore said that when attempt English. How many of how here," Or, "Mr. South Gate," he was called to the scene of the them are able to understand their Eight palms of profits"-there accident the child was lying dead - own servants or assistants who mast be several members of the in its mother's arms. There was speak Chinese only? They prefer
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the vicious lingus know sa pidgin firm: "I finished my father'ss pool of blood on the ground English. Some have a bowing himself: "Life is a bubble"-dowa,
profits," so appeala for more for where the woman was willing and there was another acquaintance with a few words, quite worthy of Tennyson: in
centre." of the such as man man which they oquecious pen"-not an editor, tramline. Witness cent" them think means "to stop' whereas
this "Palm, hemp, pills" not to No. 7 Police Station, Motor ∙it means go slowly.'
The
I remember as irsta Briton doctors: "We hold virtue like Car No. 26 was pointed our swearing at rickahs coolie, and, clothes" to be changed at will him where it was standing some little distance away, on the left fearing something worse, Ioffered We suppose.
The pity of it is that the firms side of the road. There was no my services as interpreter, and
John Ball raved because "this who have adopted such uses are one in the car, which had lights dd fool does not speak a word quite oblivions of the mirth they attached. The vehicle was taken of English." I explained to the cause to all Chinese, and of the away by another driver shortly $1,700 coolie what His Excellency had contempt with which they are reafterwards.
Defendant usid the boy was 20 said, and the reply was quite garded by educated Chinese.
Bow came they to adopt such playing in the road. He (defen apposits, "But is not this Chins ?”. $1,720 Just imagine a Chinsman behar-Judicrous and senseless names? dant) sounded his born.
Ask Number One Boy or the Mr. A. Lane, Superintendent ing with such walgerity in London, and complaining of a compradore." And now we all of the Fire Brigade said he REPUBLIC. Landon cabby that the dd Chins. Does anyone in his whom he passed on July 22
desire to captare trade in thought defidant was the man fool did not speak Chipses.”
think that ench motor car driver.. What would the cabby not have
names as I have quoted, and there The mother of the deceased said!
are dozens more equally absurd, gave evidence of the #ootdent, Take the foreign whop-signs or
Chinaman of the nature of the
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Anniversary: Celebrations in Hongkong. Weure informed by the Gom-
tems eight miles from the so around, shattered windows inmittee organised for the purpose,/names of firms in Bhaughai, A78) 220 gira any adequate idea to the and levied death toll which estimated from 17 to 25:
is
that the 7th anniversary of the they any better than those of the business carried on, or gain any NEWS FROM CANTON. Republic of Portugal will be Chinese that have given case for deaths is due to the fact that the
The variance in the reports of celebrated at Kowloon on Friday, so much fun? Assuredly not. The respect for firma which are so lost
the 6th instant.
names of Chimess and Japanese true appreciation of Chinese
Our Canton correspondent first explosion was so terriño that
By kind permission of the firms are in the very best style learning and custom sa to tarnish
wonder the Chinese laugh! And ‡ follows ***** all the men working in the build. Committee of the lab, a tea and taste. Further, the Fagliah themselves in this fashion P. No writes mader date of October
One of the members of the ing were blown to fragments and party for children will be held at need by Chinese conveys an idea rightly so. And before W no trace of their bodies will ever Recreio, on Friday afternoon, carried on, in spite of its fenly car neighbours' houses, let us treated by order of the Superio aweep the mod from before Special Parliament has been the grounds of the Club de of the nature of the busines Chinsmen be found. When the disaster commencing at 5 p.m. In the mature, But I defy any i
Arat sweep olean our owntendent of Police; being/socused happened the employees were just
gates" as the Chinese proverb has of using narcotic medicine and changing shifts, and nobody evening there will be à quires aserer to discover the meaning of ■ the Qlab. By courtory of the large number of signu so proudly The case was proceeded with
lawyer dubbing himself "The of ornaments valued at a few before Mr. J. E Wood, at the
the building as the time. Several band, under Bandimaalez Vasealio, in Shanghai. Notably are many Holy Cisssic" or of another, say, thousand dollara. Police Court, in which the editor
thone and men are employed in will play aslections of mario in of them atterly devoid of sense or ing that he is "An' ugly scholar,” It is reported that the rebel the plant as a whole. and printer of the Chinese Daily There were some interesting
the evening.
meaning, bat some are grote or of a certain association saying army in Liling is busy digging Caused by the overheating of, Frost, the Chun Ngoi San Po swimming events at the Victoria the machinery in the nitrate
The Celebration Committes is and eilly in the extreme, Being that it is "All kingdoms foreign trendbee for defence. It is also
in Chine one would have expect-i were charged with printing and Recreation Club last evening building, the first explosion
organising a sale, of Portuguese pablishing the newspaper with- when four most interesting items
a certain light-giving company will go over to Luk: Wing ling's calling itself. The spontaneous party when the latter agroom" out being registered and also with were decided, incinding the final occurred at 7 o'clock. The fire National Flags during the day, ed such cradities and absurdities saiking target company" or rumoured that Lang Chal-kwong failing to have deposited a bond. of the 220 garda handicap and the buildings, and fifteen titapic exoto Fand, The Concaised the Chinese custom, is broker saying that he is "A bill of ing shree conditions: If
spreed with rapidity to the other the proceeds of which will the torbe earily avoided.
given to the Portuguese Boldiers' Some foreign firms have adopt light house," which it is not, or s so comply with the follow- Mr. Longinotto, Assistant 100 yards ladies' championship.plomons shook the countryside se Crown Balor Pond to At the sports proper laat "work the various parts of the plant hopes that the public will con- without any regard for the name
of individuais concerned in the exchange like an arm of the sea," Lang is of the same standa prosecnts and the defendsats Lyon and Chon camein' a desă
tribute generously.
"the" Tacbum of Yunnan, And so then all his property in - that hasinees, they have adopted or a jeweller calling himself "As were represented by eat in the former event, and a blasted into dust. Housos is Hadson, eight miles away, had Davidson.
|yesterday, síter a ksea straggle, in
"bong names" which haven mean, crow that is a woholar.” It appeared that the printer which Onos showed up well as the report was haard (awonty and |their windows - shattered, "while
ing, often of a very beautiful forth, ad, ini-From The Eastern province which was seinad las acquired a lease of the paper from asst, Lyon secured the wuedios withi
For miles and thirty miles.
According to the return jest nainre, and newer stikleading, but the orgínial losses in July last a longth to spare. Mrs. Hali wan
The Chinees have a proverb Smuggled Lottery Tickets, bat failed to notify the Registraran ay winner in the ladies miles around a dense pall of seed, the contents of the reser-hose are too few.
voirs in the Oity and Hill District
which ways thatTM" the two-basiest "A ship's guard was charged waterworks level on the 1st in-
1,559.34 men are Mr. Profit and Mr. before Mr. Dyer Ball, at the Police tantamounted to
knows how many persons were in Officers of the Táth Punjabir, the displayed by mossy foreign firm.it. Then woʻshall not have a robbing a woman of s⋅ number
of the change or to renew the championship. The team raos bond which has to be deposited.proved a most exciting item,
and
smoke overhang the country.
The counting of the employees was impossible, se following the
-The-Water\Szpply:
Gritic.
your shall be restored to him; 2,
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Lang to give a few thound
rifles to Lak Wing-fing in order
to show his trust; 3, Laing's troops cooperate with the KwanŻEL
The amount of the bond deposited while in the water polo matobfirst explosion panis mixed, the million gallons, compared with ambition.”. It is remarkable that | Court this morning,・ with and Kwangiang troops to marok.
should have been $1,200,
Legal argument took place G. A. the former had the better willaga. The inmates of the corresponding date last year. Aby so many foreign firms in tickets into the Colony. The as to who was the pallisher, and of maters all through, leading nearby houses also sought safety Kowloon, the reservoir tras level his Worship eventually came to by two gosta to nil as half-time in flight, and the surrounding with ovar-fow—352:60 million the conclusion that the printer and adding two może, without woods are full of terror-stricken gallons—as it was last year. was, discharging the editor.
response by the gunners, before Mr. Longinokio stated that the the" - Anal whistle" sounded. As
refugees. registration had not even yet the close, the Hon. Mr. Claud takan place and every day the devern; U. M. G., presented the paper was published an offence prises in was being committed.
His Worship decided to convict,
Bosalta.****
مطر
The Commander of the ariuser
in certain
Shanghai the character for tickets were found round the Hoi Uhi has received information Untold proft appears in man's waist. Inspector Brazil tram Admiral Ohing Pik-kwong innumarable, instances. Take pointed out that the man was clating that Lak Wing-ting hus the following out of a much larger employed to help prevent the aged to form a mixed- army to list, sa examples; Atid, remember, augaling of such tickets His neist the Nav Dragon village is gone. Forty
cthey are minds of foreign firms an Worship fined defendant $200, expeditionary movement. It will oom prissons bastalion of artillery, explosions and dwellings on sores, with more than 150 build-Chimeses "One hundred profita." houses were wiped out by the The Curtiss plant cover fore they doribe themselves in or two months' hard labour,
two of infantry, and ana such Padfist Lynched. maschine guns and enginsors. Gymnasium, farms a mile away are burning inga. Large quantitat told proffs. We control
A message from Butte City, fariously. Debris, bricks and explosives roady for shipment profits. We make proât cat Montant, statos fast a crowd of Final 220 yards Ohampirmahip Iumber cover the fields up to an were stored there, and have been of guests," "Profita sis coming," maked men removed from izie but postponed his decisiva until of the Calogy,1, D.-Lyon (31 incredible distance.
totally destroyed. The lone will 1450 plan to make profits.” “Our lodging-house a man-named Thursday next in order to give 1/5 seconds); 2, 0. Ohor. (84
Painstaking Tulevas.' The moment the newazesched be from veto ten million dollars, pronta are good-looking. It is Frank Lättle, a member of the the defendant time to comply seconds).
A Chinese, charged. Montreal, a rolled tenin was dis- exclusive of the damage done to natural that firme here should Executive Commities of the Dyer Bill with stealing s with the law.
100 Yards Ladise' Champion- patched alled with doctors and the village and surrounding pượp: sim st making proffs, for is not Industrial Workers of the World, tyre valued at $12 from |ship ——), Kis, Hall (1 min. 03 2/8 nurmos, while Canadian Proido ferty, dat de boghde that the main object of their and lynched him. Little had ricksha-belonging to
seol.); 2, Mrs. Searle (2 mín. Railway oficiala sped there, too, When the first nawa baamo: business, but to deciate to all and frequently, in speeches attacked keeper 3 1/6 sece).
At noon the main lins, of the through the opinion waniem posmos wundry so urit achingly this to be the Government, referring in Team raon,-1,0. Chao's Team
Canadian Pacifio Esilway was od thus it was the wronic cóf sunki, their aim ia mung to: Chineso, alastire terms to the American (128 1/5eos); 2, Watson's Team roposed for traffo, Gredit is onscription fanatics the two fancy's sum balling itself in order. On his body,
dine the swem of the sugine which dynsmiting oontragen: last
Mesure. “Virtadus Pro down by officers › of the (129.866.).
sacosoded in coupling to several sceming to adil colou oare loaded with szplosivi and poslick. ↑ Miayıl
Capt. Bolland." Captain Holland, of Tientein, reported sa baying beánsations- wounded. · It is reported that
shot through both log and it is doubtful whether he will soover the complete use of
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